What happens if you intercept a nuclear missile?

What happens if you intercept a nuclear missile?

First off, as mentioned earlier, it’s very difficult to actually intercept an ICBM. Also, if an interceptor missile actually destroys a nuclear missile, it could lead to the plutonium or uranium core falling to the ground, which would consequently be a radiation hazard that could potentially endanger lives.

Can you intercept ballistic missile?

Ballistic missiles can be intercepted in three regions of their trajectory: boost phase, midcourse phase, or terminal phase.

How far above a city can a nuclear bomb explode?

By default, Nukemap assumed a 150-kiloton-yield warhead would explode 1.03 miles above the city. An aerial detonation maximizes a nuclear bomb’s destructive power, since it allows the blast’s energy to spread out. If a bomb is detonated on the ground, the soil absorbs more of that energy.

Do nuclear bombs really destroy everything in the world?

“Some people think [nuclear bombs] destroy everything in the world all [at] once, some people think they are not very different from conventional bombs. The reality is somewhere in between,” he wrote. To illustrate that reality, Nukemap lets you build a hypothetical nuclear bomb and drop it anywhere on Earth.

What happens when a nuclear bomb detonates on the ground?

An aerial detonation maximizes a nuclear bomb’s destructive power, since it allows the blast’s energy to spread out. If a bomb is detonated on the ground, the soil absorbs more of that energy. The main effects of the nuclear blast display as four coloured zones:

How many explosions have been set off in NUKEMAP?

The first version of Wellerstein’s tool came out in February 2012, but he upgraded it to version 2.5 this month. Users thus far have set off more than 124 million explosions in Nukemap. Nukemap 2.5’s new features let you see where a cloud of radioactive fallout might drift based on local weather conditions.